Selena Gomez Wins Big at Billboard Latin Women In Music… Without Even Being There (Iconic Behavior TBH)

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Selena Gomez just pulled off the ultimate power move: winning Woman of the Year at the 2025 Billboard Latin Women In Music awards in Miami while she was chilling (okay, working) in New York like the superstar multitasker she is.

The 32-year-old queen couldn’t attend the ceremony in person because she was too busy sleuthing and surviving murder-y shenanigans on the set of Only Murders in the Building season five. But don’t worry — she beamed in via video like the hologram legend she is, and Billboard just dropped the whole speech. And y’all… it was everything.

Here’s the SparkNotes version, but way more dramatic:

“Hey Billboard, love ya. Wish I could be there shaking hands and hugging abuelas, but I’m in NYC catching fictional killers and living my best cozy mystery life. Anyway, this means a lot. Like, *a lot a lot*. Being a Latina, getting recognized by other fierce Latinas? That’s the real magic. Cue the tears.”

She kept it real and heartfelt, diving into how growing up, she didn’t see many chicas who looked like her taking center stage. Which is tragic but true — Hollywood be like, “Diversity? Never heard of her.”

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Then she got into Revelación — her Spanish-language EP that dropped like a spicy cultural mic back in 2021.

“Making that EP? Major slay. It was for my roots, my family, my inner Selena (not me, the original one — you know the one). Also, shoutout to my abuela, who probably framed the album and plays it at full blast for every neighbor within a 5-mile radius.”

And of course, she closed it out with a love letter to the fans — aka, the ride-or-dies who’ve been there through it all, from the Disney Channel days to the Rare Beauty takeover to the TikTok thirst traps with Benny Blanco.

“I love you guys. Like, love love. You’re the reason I get to do all this glamorous chaos. Te amo mucho más than words can express. Like… infinity x 100.”

Speaking of love, Selena’s award comes fresh off the heels of dropping a new album with her fiancé Benny Blanco (yes, fiancé, the rumors were true and we’re still recovering). Their collab album I Said I Love You First is already climbing charts and breaking hearts.

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Moral of the story? Selena may not have been in the building — but she was the moment. Periodt.

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